I've been doing business with Larry at Critter Barn for over a year now. A certain member of this website who is local had me convinced for a bit that he knows nothing even though a part of me knew that was asinine. I've been talking to him a lot lately, great conversations about the industry and his experiences. Now I am certain that he should be well respected by all of us, and that any piece of advice that he gives freely on a daily basis should be cherished. And i'll tell you why. He is 70 something and has been keeping all kinds of reptiles and other exotics since he was a child. He has at least 50 years of experience at making a living on reptiles, birds, mammals and many other exotics. He has traveled the world. He has spent weeks at a time in countries such as South America, Brazil, Africa, and other Latin and tropical countries out in the field doing research. Learning as much as he could about anything that he could. Catching known species of snakes and other exotics as well as searching for new species. He was around before ball pythons were ever bred in captivity. He was there when everyone said that ball pythons would never breed in captivity. He proved them all wrong. He may very well be the very first person to ever breed ball pythons in captivity. At the least he was one of the very first. Taking all of this into consideration, how could anyone say that he knows nothing or that he's full of crap unless they just don't know what all he's done. How can you argue with fifty years of experience? Just because you think that using grams is of the utmost importance, doesn't mean that it's important at all. Ask Larry about grams he'll say "What the hell is a gram?" He has two-three ball pythons per tank, has been doing it that way for god knows how many years and has never had any problems or seen any stress at all from them. Tell him that ball pythons are solitary he'll say your full of crap and probably tell you about the nests of ball pythons he has found in Africa. This is not meant to offend anyone in any way. This was not meant to bring up arguments. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions. But I think that I would much rather believe the man who has decades of experience with ball pythons and who is probably the father of the ball python industry than any modern day belief that goes against what he says.